Comments Thread For: Berto's Tale of Mayweather Fight Sends Warning To McGregor

[Rip Chudd]

Article should of quoted more of what Berto said. Saw the interview a couple days ago on Youtube, great breakdown of how it feels to actually be in the ring with Floyd. I like how he addressed his power since everyone seems to think it feels like nothing when Floyd hits people

[Dean_Razorback]

The fact that Berto's still getting meaningful fights just shows how weak boxing is.
This guy's been finished for a while. Floyd was being charitable by giving the brother a payday.

lol this. the guy got gifted a fight with floyd and now he is fighting a WBC title eliminator

[Butch.McRae]

If you were to interview Jesus Chavez or Emmanuel Augustus, they would likely tell the same story - Floyd's not a power puncher, just sharp, and he's constantly on the defensive and observant about everything around him. The only difference between PBF and Money is punch output if you watch the fights. He was still defensive first, always had been.

I agree with that. But it would be interesting to hear what a fighter who saw and felt more punches would say. Berto references the checks and pot shots, but it's a whole different thing when 3-4 punches are coming at you as opposed to 1-2. Maybe it wouldn't be "a lot" (point taken) but they'd have some added nuances in their description.

[Bravado]

There should be a large number of people who get interviewed on what it was like to fight Floyd, and them all be honest about their match.

Would love to hear Maidana explain his fights with Floyd. Miguel Cotto to explain, Juan Manuel Marquez, Diego if he was still alive, and Castillo.

I think Oscar has too much of a disingenuous nature to explain thoroughly and that Ricky doesn't explain it enough

[Johnny2x2x]

Keep in mind Berto is saying this when the punch stats were this insanely one sided.
#ShoStats: Total Punches Landed/Thrown
thru 12
Mayweather [232/410, 56%]
Berto [83/495, 16%

Mayweather was landing on him at will. Berto hit air.

[Liondw]

It would be the greatest upset true. Could only happen if Floyd has really gotten old in the ring and looks like Sugar Ray Leonard past his prime against Camacho and McGregor lands something substantial, otherwise no chance at all.

[steeve steel]

If you are considering buying this fight, please take a look at the Mcgregor sparring video against Chris Van Heerden. (of course you don,t know him... nobody does. And yet, he's clearly outboxing him! Now imagine 12 rounds against Mayweather... And you thought the Pac fight was boring...)

[Eff Pandas]

If you were to interview Jesus Chavez or Emmanuel Augustus, they would likely tell the same story - Floyd's not a power puncher, just sharp, and he's constantly on the defensive and observant about everything around him. The only difference between PBF and Money is punch output if you watch the fights. He was still defensive first, always had been.

Yea I'd agree with this take. Or maybe they'd add a lil more hurt onto his sharp punches cuz he was taking guys out back then & not just sorta making them quit or not try as hard as they could like Berto is saying.

The best part of the video for me was when Berto was saying how observant Floyd was during the action & even when they are between rounds.

You don't usually got such a sense of honesty when a guy talks about his thoughts on an opponent. Its usually some weird ego driven bs or just him admitting defeat in as few words & with as less details as possible. Berto might try to get one of those PBC announcer position gigs. I like his ability to talk about boxing.

[Eff Pandas]

look at the Mcgregor sparring video against Chris Van Heerden. (of course you don,t know him... nobody does.

Don't be disrespecting my man Chris Van Heerden cuz YDKSAB.

CVH is an extremely solid guy & is either just inside the world class level or just outside of it. He won 94 of his 97 amateur fights. He's lost 2 fights in his pro career. The first was a split decision loss in Serbia to a Serbian & the second was to the guy hyped as the next big thing in boxing, Errol Spence.

And no one who buys Mayweather vs McGregor is doing so for the boxing. This is an event fight that granted will likely be a historical disaster like the Ali vs Anoli "fight", but its for entertainment purposes only which many boxing fans seem to have a hard time digesting &/or understanding.

[joseph5620]

You left out more than half of the interview it comes across nothing like it was said.

Yeah I saw that interview and realized the writer of this article is purposely misleading what Berto actually said.